Which service should I use for future quick look videos?

When I first started adding see it in action video spots to some of my reviews, I would save the video directly to the gadgeteer server. I did the same thing with the first quick look videos too. But I recently decided to start using YouTube. While I really like them for easier streaming and embedding, I’m not that happy with the video quality that YouTube provides. For that reason, I’ve been experimenting with a couple other video streaming services and would like your opinions on which one you think I should go with for future videos…

Please take a look at the following videos and let me know which you like better and why. Also, if you know of other free services that I should be trying, please let me know. I did try to upload this video to my flickr account, but after it finished uploading it told me that it could not encode it. I guess flickr doesn’t like m4v format.

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10 thoughts on “Which service should I use for future quick look videos?”

here’s my two cents.
if you ask me (and I wanted to say this since I started seeing quick looks here) you should avoid video reviews.
the gadget is in the details… and unless it’s HDTV, there won’t be details in this kind of reviews. the good ol’ photos are a far better way to review things.
of course, if there’s a busy schedule involved, the quick look is a faster way to say that you have reviewed something. ’cause editing photos, resizing them and writing everything in between takes triple the time. at least.
me? I want to see the imperfections so that I can choose what to buy and what not. if I get a video review I have to go somewhere else to double-check. and honestly, I’d rather not :).

The quick look videos aren’t meant to be a comprehensive review. What my main idea for them is that it’s like a first impression of a product. Straight out of the box, with no prior use.

Jake:

I have decided that I will most likely upload the videos to all the services that I’ve listed, but will use Viddler in the actual review itself. It has a few features (other than the better video quality) that I like over the others.

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